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Sunday, 26 November 2017

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Weeks 309 and 310

Oh good grief, one month today Christmas Day will have been and gone. Mind you, I love the days following Christmas when there are plenty of leftovers to nibble at, repeats galore on TV (not so exciting) and finally we can relax.

Remember, from yesterday it's 'Rudolph Days' challenge over at ScrappyMo's, so this is my entry for November. You have until the end of the month to join in - loads of us from the Playground play over there so you'll find quite a few familiar friends.

My card today was such fun to make and used up lots of little LOTV snippets:

I used:- A6 white card blank, tent style- a piece of plain 'Kraft' paper from the LOTV paper pad called 'Krafty Christmas' as a backing for the white layer, cut slightly smaller than the card front and glued in place. Then set the card aside whilst I worked on the image layer- piece of white card for the image and sentiment, cut slightly smaller than the Kraft layer- using the Misti I stamped the image using Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink and the main stamp from Woodware's 'Huge Santa' stamp set- I left the Santa stamp in place and stamped once again, onto plain white paper this time and I'll explain why in the next step- now I had the stamp still sitting on the lid as well as a stamped image held in place in the base of the Misti. This meant I could position my little snippets for the individual letters easily, one at a time and making sure that each letter in turn on that piece of white paper I just stamped on was completely covered

- at this point I stamped the sentiment 'Ho Ho Ho' using the Misti again. It's always good to do as much stamping as possible before adding a lot of work (paper piecing in this case) to a card that might be ruined if you have a 'mis-stamp'- btw I stamped the 'Ho Ho Ho' sentiment onto the image panel using the same
ink pad and an unbranded stamp bought from eBay (more about the lovely
seller below folks!). The sentiment comes with twirls at either end but I masked them off so the 'Ho's' would fit

- now I had the five letters ready to fussy cut - they all came from the LOTV 'Krafty Christmas' pad (stored in the back of the pad in an envelope 'pocket'). The hat was from a little snippet of red paper tucked away in the back of LOTV's 'Merry and Bright' paper pad and the fur trim and pom pom were stamped onto white card

- fussy cut all the pieces and have two little tips. I used a small SU round punch to punch out the white pom pom and also used the same punch to cut the pom pom away from the bottom of the hat on the snippet of red paper so the curves would match up

- the other tip is something I learned a good while ago through trial and error. See the centre of those 'a's'? It's so much easier to use a small hole punch (1/8th") to punch out the centre and then cut the rest away - in fact I also did that where the letter 'a's' curled over. Much easier for access and certainly less likely to fail than using a poky tool to start it off

- then ran a black Whispers brush ended marker round all the fussy cut letters - it adds definition, hides the white edges of the paper ......... and also disguises where you may have trimmed too much off 😉- glued all the letters in place followed by the hat and trimmings - using a Zig glue pen and (as always) putting the glue onto the stamped letters on the white card - not onto the fussy cut letters (a really handy tip I picked up from Jules)

- lastly, added a coating of clear Wink of Stella for a little bit of sparkle to the hat trimming and pom pom

One final tip about these Woodware huge letter stamps is, if you're paper piecing them (although coloured markers would be fun, as well as easier), lay the papers you want to use side by side and shuffle them round to get as best a balance as possible. And if you forget how the letters are 'stacked' then either check back here or Google for an image - they're placed in the following order on my card: S,first a, t, n and the last a - then the hat finished off with the trim and pom pom.

And here's some low-down on the 'Ho Ho Ho' set of stamps. All my 'Ho' stamps were quite small (in fact the Woodware stamp set comes with a little 'triple Ho' which I've used separately elsewhere). But - I wanted a 'triple Ho' as more of a statement and after Googling I found a lovely set of stamps on eBay. The seller (a lady called Liz who is here in the UK) is a delight to deal with, super fast service and she has a lovely selection of goodies in her eBay shop - which is HERE.

Let's move onto this fortnight's prize:

Yup, it's a Woodware 'Huge Santa' stamp set as well as an unbranded 'Ho Ho Ho' stamp set (I was so pleased with the sentiment being bolder and bigger than others I've seen that I had to run back and buy a set for the Playground).

As always, the Snippets Challenge will run for two weeks and the Playground gates will close at 11am UK time
on Saturday 9th December. The gates will open again at
midnight UK time on the same day.

It's a maximum of ONE entry and please say in a comment if you wish to play and be a possible winner of the prize.
As I already said, the prize is as above and I will happily split the stamps sets, in which case
I'd do further draws for the other item. Please also link
back to the Playground
in
your blog post to be eligible for the draw.

Remember, if you link into the Playground and don't say clearly that
you're wanting to be in the draw then you will be bypassed if your name
comes out of Mr Linky. I'm sure you all know I ask for a positive 'yes'
just in case you're playing only for fun. Thanks!

Mr Linky is below - please let me know if you have any problems linking,
it's easy for me to sort out so don't struggle on alone :)

Be sure to call back next week to see the winner of last fortnight's
prize which is a Sugar Peas 'Nativity-Scape' die and a Paper
Smooches 'Christmas Sampler' set of sentiment stamps, another lovely Guest Designer and my
picks from the past two
weeks.

62 comments:

Morning Di - absolutely LOVE your card and thanks for all the tips on using the Santa stamp, it looks perfect for paper piecing. I'd love to go into the hat for both stamps but if anyone is just after the Hohoho set, it's the Santa one that I really have my eye on. Jane

As I am very busy at the moment I have not been playing around for a while but that does not mean I am not visiting your blog: I do! And now I have to say that i LOVE this card! Wow!! (I will try joining with snippets later on!)Lia xx

Brilliant hints and tips as always and this card is great. Can I say a 'yes' please this time around for an opportunity - I have the birthday version of this stamp and a seasonal one would keep it company nicely if I'm lucky!!

Wow Di, this card is amazing! I love the paper piecing you have done and I thank you for the tips you shared as well. Both stamp sets are fabulous and I am hoping to play along since it has been a life time ago since I've played. Hopefully I will be back! Hugs, Brenda

Love your card Di as the Kraft card really pops against the white background. Yes please, I'd like to play this time for the lovely stamps and you've just shown us how great they look :) Crafty hugs, Sandra x

A wonderful card Di using the Woodware stamp, and the 'Santa' is a good size and love the paper piecing, and the sentiment from the other set goes beautifully. I am not sure if you would want to split the prize but if so I would like to be entered for just the Woodware stamp set, but please don't worry if you feel it is not appropriate to do this. x

Hi Di,Happy Rudolf Days.what a very wonderful card and as usual you designing is excellent.Such wonderful use of snippets too.Thank you for the tips on this.Will pop back later this week with my entry to the playground.Thank you for joining the Rudolf Challenge.Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

I enjoyed reading about the creation of this fun card, especially all the good tips to remember! I love the paper piecing and how you accomplished that great look! Yes please to the draw this week and thanks for another fun playground to play in :)

der!!!... am sorry, I linked over the wrong image Miss!Just so you know, the snippets cards are first ones not second lot, sorry dead brain here... will say no thanks to the offerings this week!and thanks for sharing your great piece!Shaz in oz.x

Oh Di, your card is amazing and I love all the tips and hints. Not sure that I would have the patience or skill to do all that paper piecing on the sentiment but what a great result! Your card is the perfect mix of beautiful design and cheer! Yes please to the prize. I'm hoping to have time to make a card before things get even more hectic!

Love your card Di, the paper piecing looks great, thanks for the hints and tips for achieving this super effect. The Woodware big word stamps make such fun cards. I have just entered a card but I am just playing for fun.Jean x

Well, Di, it's taken me long enough but I finally managed to make a snippet card so that I can join in with you again. Love your card - the huge Santa is fab and I like the placement of the 'Ho, Ho, Ho'. I have a few of those huge Woodware words somewhere - I should dig them out and make more use of them. I'm just joining in for the fun so no need to include me in the draw. Hugs, Elizabeth x

Finally got by to drop off a Christmas bauble for my tree. Similar to MRsA, I have been recycling...but mine are electricians tape containers. My daughter has every electrician at her work, saving them...

I hope to make many more during Jan and Feb as this is such a busy time to batch bake!

I love your card Di. I love paper piecing and was interested to read your useful tips. As I have a couple of these super Woodware stamps, including Let it Snow which I haven't used yet I would be happy to play for just the Ho Ho Ho set. Barbxx

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I'm Diane (Di to most people), retired and I live in Hampshire, UK. The name Pixie's Crafty Workshop came about because my 'in-house critic' refers to 'The pixie being hard at work' whenever I'm playing with paper or other crafty stuff. And he's right, it's mostly when I should be doing other things :) I've always loved paper crafting - especially using scissors. Aged five and laid up with measles, in a fit of boredom I chopped my fringe right off! If it can be trimmed, then I'll trim it! In September 2018 we were joined by a darling bundle of fun, a Havanese dog named Dudley. He brightens up the most overclouded day and is an absolute delight. If that happiness and pure joy that radiates from him could be bottled - we'd be worth a fortune!

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